About me.
I am a highly trained and experienced practitioner dedicated to supporting women’s well-being through a holistic and regenerative approach. With a background spanning education, public and maternal health, and clinical lactation, I specialize in holistic care; creating safe and transformative spaces where women can reconnect with themselves, navigate life transitions, and cultivate lasting healing. I consider myself a “mother worker” rather than a “birth worker”! Committed to creating meaningful change, I also lead initiatives that support families, and am an outspoken advocate for the mother/baby dyad.
I am a USAF (ret.) spouse, mother, and bereaved mother. I live and work in Florida with my family.
My professional credentials include:
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) (with experience in hospital, pediatric, community, WIC, and private practice settings, including specialized training in tongue ties)
Perinatal Mental Health Certification
Trained Childbirth Educator & Postpartum Doula
Bachelor’s in Family Studies
Master’s Degrees in Public Health & Early Childhood Education
Certified Life Coach
Trained grief facilitator
Principles of my work
1. I honor rhythm over urgency.
I respect the body’s pace—mine and my client’s. I do not rush healing, bonding, (or milk!). I allow time for unfolding and integration.
2. I center relationship, not just results.
Mothering is relational, not transactional. I prioritize presence, connection, and trust before protocols or outcomes.
3. I practice from wholeness.
I honor you as a whole being. I hold space for grief, pleasure, trauma, power, and transformation.
4. I honor capacity and consent.
I offer guidance without pressure, and I check in about what’s truly possible right now. I do not push someone to override their limits for the sake of an ideal.
5. I trust the body, even when it’s struggling.
I hold reverence for the body’s intelligence, even in challenge. I partner with your wisdom—not just my expertise.
6. I tend to the emotional soil.
I recognize that birth, infant feeding, and healing work often stirs up grief, rage, shame, and joy. I make space for those feelings, and I don’t pathologize them.
7. I challenge extractive systems.
I name and interrupt the ways capitalism, racism, and patriarchy show up in care of women—whether through marketing, inadequate support, or systemic neglect
8. I rest and replenish to sustain this work.
I do not martyr myself in the name of care. I make space for my own grief, embodiment, and regeneration—because my presence matters.
9. I work with the ecosystem, not against it.
I understand that every person and family is part of a larger ecology—cultural, relational, historical. I tailor my care to fit their environment, values, and capacity.
10. I believe in collective thriving.
I contribute to a culture of shared learning, collaboration, and mutual care among parents and providers. I don’t gatekeep knowledge or power.